(A) The administration of the Water and Sewer Department of the city shall be with the Department of Municipal Services and also subject to the Mayor and City Council of said city and their authorized officers and committees. Work in connection with or affecting the water system proper, and the reading of water meters, shall be under the subordinate supervision of the Department of Municipal Services. Work affecting streets or alleys due to causes pertaining to the water system shall be under the supervision of the Department of Municipal Services. The Building and Zoning Department shall issue all required permits, receive fees and deposits and keep records thereof.
(B) All details of a plumbing installation as to materials, workmanship, methods, supervision, inspection and other regulations pertaining to any and all appurtenances connected to the water system of the city, shall be in compliance with this subchapter and with Ch. 151 of this code of ordinances and with any other ordinance or ordinances now or hereafter in effect relating to plumbers or plumbing within this city.
(C) The City Clerk shall supervise the issuance and records of water bills, such bills being prepared from meter readings delivered to the Clerk’s office by the Department of Municipal Services. The City Clerk shall keep a record of all such notices of lien as may be filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Upon the full payment of any delinquent sewer maintenance account in connection with which any notice of lien has been filed, the City Clerk or designee shall execute a release evidencing the satisfaction and discharge of such lien and deliver the same to the person so paying such delinquent account.
(D) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CATCH BASIN. A receptacle which separates and removes greases, dirt, gravel and the like to prevent their entrance into the house sewer. The liquid waste entering the CATCH BASIN shall not contain fecal matter.
CITY WATER MAIN and CITY MAIN SEWER. The main lines of the city in the street which, in the case of water, furnish water supply to properties, and in the case of sewer, collects sewage and drain from properties.
FIXTURE. A fixed plumbing appurtenances, usually within the building in or through which water is used, and which usually is connected to both water and sewer systems.
HOUSE DRAIN. The pipe within a building which receives the total discharge from all fixtures, and which conducts the same to the house sewer;
HOUSE SEWER. The tile or cast iron sewer which begins outside the wall of a building and connects the house drain with the city sewer main in the street.
STOP COCK, VALVE or SHUT OFF. Controls of water or other matter in a pipe line, used principally herein in connection with service pipe.
TRAP. A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air or gas through a pipe or fixture by means of a water seal.
WASTE PIPE. Any pipe receiving the discharge from any fixture or fixtures other than toilets:
WATER METER. A device for registering, in gallons or cubic feet, the flow and consumption of water to a premises.
WATER SERVICE PIPE. The pipe connected to the city water main and extended to the water meter at the premises, through which a property is served with water supply.
(Prior Code, § 52.01) (Ord. 2344, passed 6-22-1976; Ord. 2558, passed 7-28-1981; Ord. 06-007, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2014-007, passed 2-11-2014; Ord. 2015-033, passed 11-10-2015)